Publications

This paper considers the internal and external factors that led to Russia's open assault on the US-led international system in 2014. Ultimately, the assault is attributable to an overriding failure – ...chevron_right

This report examines 1) the political, economic, and military objectives behind China’s cybersecurity system; 2) how Beijing’s cybersecurity infrastructure has developed since the 1990s; and 3) how Ch...chevron_right

Elizabeth Rosenberg and her colleagues believe it’s time for the United States to develop a more robust set of Arctic policies. Not only will they spur greater investment and interest in the region, they will also help shape the nation’s Arctic ethos and policies for decades to come.chevron_right

This paper examines the impact of population growth on global climate change using the Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM). The author argues that a worldwide effort to lower population growth will ...chevron_right

This paper examines data on the expenditure on public and private elementary schools in India as well as the learning achievements of students in rural areas in the country to determine what it would ...chevron_right

This paper provides an overview of the international political dynamics around the reduction of tropical deforestation and forest degradation. The authors examine the United Nations Programme on Reduc...chevron_right

According to the CSS’ Mark Jaeger and others, a new grand bargain on global climate change mitigation will depend on the success of the UNFCCC’s Green Climate Fund. In practical terms, that means securing adequate funding, establishing reliable spending mechanisms, addressing ‘energy poverty’ issues and much more.chevron_right

How has the so-called Islamic State’s rhetoric changed since the start of US-led airstrikes in August 2014? The CSS’ Prem Mahadevan thinks that by calling for attacks on Western territory, the jihadist group is starting to sound more and more like al Qaida.chevron_right

Does the US-led campaign against the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria suffer from an internal contradiction? The CSS’ Martin Zapfe thinks so. While crushing the Jihadist group in Iraq could result in a political end-state that is acceptable to all stakeholders, the same can’t be said about the campaign in Syria.chevron_right

This report provides an overview of the discussions and presentations at the eighth annual session of the US-China Strategic Dialogue in Hawaii in 2014. The goal of these meetings was to identify misp...chevron_right

This issue includes articles on 1) the Czech Republic's involvement in Afghanistan’s post-war reconstruction; 2) US policy towards Iran’s nuclear program; 3) conflicts in cyberspace and cyber-insurgen...chevron_right

This brief examines how the Central European gas market has changed since the EU announced in 2011 that it wanted to unify the European market. More specifically, it looks at 1) how liberalized domest...chevron_right

This paper is the third in a series for a project on the UK government’s Balance of Competence Review, which examines all the competences of the European Union in order to determine which areas might ...chevron_right

This paper discusses the data available to the EU and its member states on the asylum systems in member states, including their capacities and the pressures they are under, and how they are used in po...chevron_right

This paper explores existing statistical data on involuntary loss of nationality in the EU. The authors first identify challenges to the existing methods of data collection and data interpretation in ...chevron_right